A 94-year-old woman who lives alone in a small Connecticut town is in critical condition with inhalation anthrax, according to Gov. John Rowland and a spokeswoman at the hospital where the woman is ...

Anthrax is a zoonotic bacterial disease caused by Bacillus anthracis, a gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium commonly found in the soil of endemic areas. It is primarily a disease of herbivorous ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This illustration depicts a photomicrographic view of Bacillus anthracis bacteria, which causes anthrax infection. A Spanish goat ...

A fourth person, this one in New York, has tested positive for anthrax exposure. The news comes two weeks to the day after a Florida man died from a different form of the potentially fatal disease.

What is anthrax? Anthrax is an acute infectious disease caused by a spore-forming bacterium. It commonly occurs in wild and domestic animals such as cattle, sheep and goats. It can occur in humans ...

A goat in Southwest Texas has tested positive for anthrax, according to state animal officials. It's the second case of anthrax thus far in 2026. According to the Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) ...